The people shouted long live, and for a while, the soldiers and civilians, the wounded, women and children in the city all knelt on the ground, their faces were full of sorrow and gratitude, and many people burst into tears, glad that they had survived. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zu Ting, Song Pai and the others were dumbfounded, not standing, not kneeling, and finally Song Pai looked at the surrounding generals kneeling on the ground, and he also bowed his head and knelt.

Congratulations and auspicious words such as "long live" and "long live without borders" have arisen since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, until the beginning of the Han Dynasty, and they are only auspicious words, and do not specify what grade of talent is available.

However, by the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it became an official title for the emperor, and if it was abused among the powerful, it was easy to be considered a rebellion, especially when it was known by those suspicious kings, and it was inevitable that they would be punished.

The military attachés and soldiers around Luo Zhaoyun obviously also realized that they were shocked at first, and then there was surprise in their eyes, the current time is in trouble, the Great Sui Dynasty is precarious, if General Luo is the king in the north and becomes the new long-lived monarch, they all have the merit of becoming the founding fathers of the country, sheltering for several generations, and entering the core of the center one step earlier, it is a good opportunity.

"Long live General Luo!" Xue Wanqian and the others also knelt down.

Zu Ting is a county guard, an official of the imperial court, but from the gate valve, not a pure Confucian scholar, between the interests of the gate valve and the imperial power, there is a relationship between cooperation and countermeasures, when the interests coincide, they support each other, when the interests do not match, the gate valve will not really bury their own interests for the sake of the court, so, Zu Ting pondered for a while and knelt down.

At this time, Luo Zhaoyun realized that he was riding a tiger, and if he gladly accepted it, he would likely become a talking point, and he would be known by the imperial court, and used by other forces to falsely accuse him of being the first to rebel.

The uprising and rebellion is a layer of window paper, and it is not yet the time to pierce it, the ancients paid attention to the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers, and Luo Zhaoyun, as the concubine of the Sui Dynasty and the prince and the general, could not take the lead in opposing the Sui, which was a manifestation of injustice.

Luo Zhaoyun stepped forward to help Zu Ting and Song Ting, and said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, please get up quickly, Luo Cheng is the prince of the Sui Dynasty, the head of the four counties, the food monarch and the king, and share the worries for the king, this is the duty, since the imperial court has assigned me the task of guarding the four counties, I Luo Cheng will never let the people suffer, but all those who survive, each household will share money and grain, exempt from taxes, and those who die in the war can get a pension and be exempted from five years of forced labor." ”

He opened his mouth and closed his mouth without mentioning the words of long live, and he couldn't answer, so he jumped over and said the benefits, and the people immediately cheered when they heard that they had money and food, and they were exempt from taxes and servitude, and they felt glad that they could survive and enjoy the comfort of materials.

The thoughts of the people came and went quickly, and no one thought about the long live emperor, because when they opened their mouths, it was not to force General Luo to rebel, it was purely an auspicious word of gratitude.

It's just that some people with ulterior motives have some disappointed faces.

Xue Wancheng stepped forward and said in a low voice: "General Luo, it's better for us to directly reverse it!" ”

Luo Zhaoyun's eyes were cold, he glared at him, and shouted: "Don't mention this, otherwise, you will have to be punished!" ”

"Whoa!" Xue Wanqian felt the coercive momentum on General Luo's body, and he didn't dare to persuade him more.

The rest of the military attachés and soldiers also got up one after another, somewhat disappointed.

They are eager to rebel, because in this kind of troubled times, they are all dying to the court and Yang Guang, and they feel that they have no future and cannot see the future of the court by working hard for the court, so they all hope that Luo Zhaoyun can be called the king, so that they can all be promoted to official titles, and they are the first people to follow, and they have more opportunities to be reused.

"Clear the city, relieve the people and the wounded, and scout the remnants of the periphery."

"Yes!" He Ruohuaikuo, Fan Dongyin and others led the troops to carry out the mission, and the entire Yangle City began to be renovated and settled here for tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians who survived the disaster.

"General Song, are you here, have you found Goguryeo's soldiers and horses?"

"It has not been discovered that Goguryeo did not send troops." Song Jian replied truthfully.

Luo Zhaoyun nodded, Goguryeo went through the three expeditions of the Sui Dynasty, although it did not perish, but it was also seriously damaged, it was only far from the country, the fields were barren, the people fled, the army was too dead and wounded, and there were few men, so it was difficult to organize tens of thousands of troops.

At present, Goguryeo is like an unruly beast, hiding in a hole and licking its body bruises, and it will not be able to recover for several years, and Goguryeo is currently facing the aggressive advance of Baekje and Silla, forming a situation where the peninsula is full of three countries, and at the same time it is also guarding against the invasion of the Khitan and the Khitan and the Turquoise.

Luo Zhaoyun knew very well that there would be a war between the Central Plains and Goguryeo in the future, just a few decades later.

At present, he does not have this strength, because in this troubled era, whoever mentions Goguryeo again, it is the same brutality as the faint king, and there is no humanity, Luo Zhaoyun finally established some popular support, and he never dared to bury it like this, and led the troops to fight Goguryeo, it was simply a minefield, whether he won or not, he did not end well.

If he wins, it will reflect the incompetence of Yang Guang and the Manchu ministers of civil and military affairs, making him the target of public criticism and hostile targets of all forces.

If he loses, he will damage his vitality, give people a rigid and conceited character, do not care about the people's livelihood, and go to Goguryeo, as soon as this image comes out, no one will follow him anymore.

After Luo Zhaoyun figured out this, he already had a plan in his heart, Liaodong couldn't touch it for the time being, he only needed to deploy troops here to defend it, improve the people's livelihood here, and not let the Hu people outside the gate intrude, and even open a city here, so that there are economic exchanges between the four northern counties and the Hu people, and there is no need to fight and kill each other, to meet each other's needs, but it is conducive to peace.

Next, Luo Zhaoyun personally appeased the people in the city, and received a high voice of support, and the image of being close to the people was spread, so that the local people only had a young marshal in their hearts, and there was no court.

Soon, rice, noodles, meat and vegetables, fruits and vegetables, herbs, toothbrush, tea and wine, fine salt, etc. were transported from the rear to Yangle to solve the problem of lack of materials and herbs here, and the pension also began to be issued, so that the people were completely relieved, and the young marshal fulfilled his promise and was full of credibility.

After properly handling the affairs here, Luo Zhaoyun led his troops back to Linyu Pass, integrated the military horses, appointed Mai Tiecane as the commander of the town guarding Linyu Pass, integrated the government soldiers of Yan County and Beiping County, defended the Khitan and other Hu tribes from invading again, and was responsible for chasing down the fleeing Northern Qi remnants and destroying Gaojiabao.

After the deployment, Luo Zhaoyun hurried to Hejian County with 20,000 horses, where Dou Jiande was leading a large army to fight against Xue Shixiong and Luo Yi's soldiers and horses.

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Note: The refined salt and fine salt in this article are not the edible salt we ate in later generations, but they are stronger than the coarse and astringent large salt stones at that time.